Omar Minaya announced on Sunday that Moises Alou was to be flown on Monday to New York for âprecautionaryâ X-rays. Then at another moment, he mentioned that Alou already had gone through a CAT-scan and that âsomething had shown up.â When I pointed out that seeming contradiction to him, Minaya suddenly was acknowledging that Alou might have a small fracture. He said, at that point, that Alou still might be able to play through that.

But when I asked him if he was serious about playing a 41-year-old with a broken left ankle in a major league outfield with any regularity, Minaya said, that Alou believes he can play.

I wish I could tell you that this nonsensical version of âWhoâs on First?â ended here. But it didnât.

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